The President recently signed the Music Modernization Act into law. This legislation streamlines payment to songwriters by creating a single mechanical licensing database for streamed music. The database is managed by music publishers and songwriters and paid for by digital streaming services. CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE
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“Happy Birthday” Song now in the Public Domain
A California judge hearing a copyright suit against Warner/Chappell music recently ruled that the “Happy Birthday” song is in the public domain. The judge held that Warner could enforce its copyright only in certain arrangements of the song. CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE
Is it Legal to Resell Your Digital Music?
ReDigi has created software that purports to remove old digital music files from the user’s equipment and then allow that user to resell these files through ReDigi’s on-line marketplace. Capitol Records filed suit against the company in 2012 claiming copyright infringement. The first sale doctrine seems to suggest that a purchased copy can be legallyContinue reading “Is it Legal to Resell Your Digital Music?”